The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-19
GENEnAL NEws NoTns.
Items OF Interest Gathered from Various
Quarters. eE

Minister Lawton will sail for Austria, his
post of duty, on the LIST June.
A fire in Nashville on Wednesday NIGHT
destroyed $40, 600 worth of property.
The French crown Jewels were sold ut
Paris for 505,000 francs--about $1OO, 600.
Senator Hawley went West a few davs
ago without saying word about his ionr.
ney. -" - '
II has been definitely ascertaiped that no
volcano has broken out in any part of Ari-
zona. Forest fires caused the alarm.
Fifteen hundred people, mostly Catholics,
welcomed DR.. McGlynn at New Haven
Connecticut,
Cardinal Gibbons health is soid 70 bovo
neen seriously impaired by his recent trim
70 Europe and his labors at the Vatican.
More buildings have been erected in Wal
halla III the past year than in six or more
years previous.
According to Colonel Ingersoll, the only
good laws that have been passed in soc
years ''are the laws that repeal other laws, y
Queen Victoria has in Windsor Castle
three vases valued ut 800, 900 and Scyrcs
dinner service worth $25 900.
Senator and Mrs. Cameron were among
| the sixteen guests at Mrs. Bancrofts dinner
TO the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
| MIR. Pulitzer is said to haye in contempla.
| tion the publication of an American paper
IN London, whatever that may be.
Louis James, the actor, was one of the
siXty-tWo zouavcs whom Colonel Ellsworth
drilled and led until shot at Alexandria.
The Mexican officers who recently raised
a disturbance on this side of the line have
not yet been executed.
| Justice Woods, of the United States Su.
prcmc Court, is critically i'll in Washington,
ana his death may occur at any moment.
Judge John A. Holman, q brother of tho
Great Obicctor, is held up to view by ad
miring friends rs the next Governor OF In
diana.
| Mayor Hewitt OF New York, wants the
city to receive a royalty OF one cent pcr pas
sGnger from the street railways that adop
the cable system.
The Russian Government has prohibited
| INC sale OF Il drama composed by Com
TOstoi for general circulation and cntitlct
"Ihc powers Of darkness"
Mrs. Grant recently admit ted to frient
that her visit to Washington was rather
melancholy one, owing to the mcmoric
which the familiar scenes evoked.
MIR Lowell has arrived in I.ondon in cx
ccllcnt health and begun the work Of dccid
ing which Of the thousand anCl one invita-
lions to dinner he will accept
Stephen w. Dorsey thinks the South
west the 'coming' section of the country
ahkc ior its natural resources and the health
rulncss Of its climate
sherman ~ Marshall, manufacturers o.
| Chicago have made an assignment to N
B; Judah. Liabilities $4i8, ,O0O asset.
| 1886, 900.
The London Times says that the Govern
| mCnt hnS sanctiOne Il the Newfoundland
| Bait bill. The law will go into operation
| in 1889.
The itotclmcn's Iutual Benefit Associa-
tion of the United States met in Washing
ton. levitt WilC on, of Chicago, was
elected President.
INC Peoples B ank, of Grccnvillc, has
made its return, NJ ,on which the Secretary
"l state has graz tied them Il charter to
commence busncs at once.
Ten small build ings, on Magazine street
between iicrlin sJ CCt and Napoleon avenue,
New Orleans, were burned Wednesday,
Loss $30,OG0
Gen. houla ngcl's Mobilization bill causes
| much unCas inCss in Berlin. The North
| German Gazette says it is of much greater
Importance than appears at first sight.
a Melbourne dispatch says that disas
trous oll,Son occurred Wednesday on the
brighton. railway. The killed and injured
number II.
At + Htsburg, Pa, the Western Mail AS
SWciati on met and rca ilirmcd the cut rate
mere was large attendance, every mill il
INC west being rcprcs entcd.
| Senator Icarst's son, who is running tn,
san. Fran-isco E,raminer for his father
employs none but Harvard graduates on It
stuir.
Gen cral Sherman says he cannot acccp
INC Office Of Commander Of the Loyal Lie
gion Of Ohio, because "yOu see, | live il
NH'H York and cannot attend its meetings.
The brave young domestic whose bruta
eatmcnt by the negroes, Turner and Pat
crSon, SO aroused the people of Louisville
! Ky, few weeks ago, died from her inju
y riCS.
On Tuesday night a horse kicked over
= lantern in lIoyt's livery stable at Newton
Mass, and started q COnflagratiOn that con
i SumCd FL buildings and caused a loss 0
/ over $G0, 600.
One source of Secretary WhitncyS pOpu
+, larity is said to be the fact that he ncvc
= keeps caller waiting. Frequently he leave
), | the dinner table to see mon who gain acCcs
= to his house.
c The Comptroller the Currency has ap
f pointed Samuel Med. Tate, of Morgan
o town, n. c., to be examiner of the Nationa
Banks in the States of North Carolina ant
T. Virginia. o
i EN-CongrCssman Barbour, of Virginia
Il has come out openly against the adminisra
ton, bearing the testimony that 'Ihc mex
n Democratic nominee should wear the livery
s of his party"
The will of Elcazcr II. Slater, who dice
near Medina, New York, last week, give
100000 to missionary societies, divide,
between the SynodCal Board Of Foreign
!; Missions and the Niagara Presbytery.
Rabbi Ash, who died in New York OF
! Sunday, was the recognized authority OF
? the Talmud and generally regarded n
= the foremost Hebrew thcologian in thi
country.
Three thousand people checrcd DR.. Nc
Gynn's rloqucnCe in Boston and then z, ,05(
OF them went to their little homes and dc
cidcd that AL they could earn they would
| keep.